Investing.com – Australia stocks were lower after the close on Tuesday, as losses in the Metals&Mining, Resources and Materials sectors led shares lower.
At the close in Sydney, the S&P/ASX 200 fell 0.28%.
The best performers of the session on the S&P/ASX 200 were Australian Pharma Industries Ltd (AX:API), which rose 7.07% or 0.103 points to trade at 1.552 at the close. Meanwhile, Speedcast International Ltd (AX:SDA) added 3.41% or 0.200 points to end at 6.070 and Flight Centre Ltd (AX:FLT) was up 2.63% or 1.660 points to 64.780 in late trade.
The worst performers of the session were Wisetech Global Ltd (AX:WTC), which fell 4.31% or 0.740 points to trade at 16.410 at the close. Beach Energy Ltd (AX:BPT) declined 4.09% or 0.070 points to end at 1.640 and Domino'S Pizza Enterprises Ltd (AX:DMP) was down 3.93% or 2.100 points to 51.340.
Falling stocks outnumbered advancing ones on the Sydney Stock Exchange by 768 to 499 and 443 ended unchanged.
Shares in Flight Centre Ltd (AX:FLT) rose to all time highs; rising 2.63% or 1.660 to 64.780.
The S&P/ASX 200 VIX, which measures the implied volatility of S&P/ASX 200 options, was up 5.10% to 12.759.
Gold Futures for August delivery was down 0.28% or 3.50 to $1265.40 a troy ounce. Elsewhere in commodities trading, Crude oil for delivery in August rose 0.22% or 0.15 to hit $68.23 a barrel, while the September Brent oil contract rose 0.16% or 0.12 to trade at $74.67 a barrel.
AUD/USD was up 0.05% to 0.7418, while AUD/JPY fell 0.09% to 81.31.
The US Dollar Index Futures was down 0.05% at 93.90.
